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I caused the guy who created Bitcoin to go into hiding -- by accident

Back in 2010 I was a freelance journalist. I took work where I could find it. One of my jobs was to write news stories for PC World’s Bizfeed and Newsdesk blogs.

The goal with the blogging was simple and primitive: Break news stories before anybody else.

By Keir Thomas - February 26, 2021

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